From matt.mattarn@gmail.com Wed Aug 01 08:56:48 2007 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list llg-board); Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:56:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.173]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IGGYv-0005wN-UZ for llg-board@lojban.org; Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:56:47 -0700 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id m2so252530uge for ; Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:56:36 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=gTr9TMKU829dNKMe1qnEMU+jrz3AiI5sGhCPDKDorVr3Aset73b+T52EgDFjg5AG1UHAPX3jSyo/LDBMObdW7mxOzok1f1VhYdc3FKBnkEsDIoXxzPqL4/KvBpZQ0gPNdg78P+UW3l8hSBLp+t0WsjnvsM5OOIS2/ifVlgJacgQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=DqWZgg2Hg0p3+PV6j32XlO3aoW4ek8M5p6tvBjeIT7mADinfsa2TeIgpCySFquI1W3/ku4i/XpW4pAZdLnfpIwQipfLYPnICCm1599g12O5Exq3o8lJ3NmJHzQith7ZE5DFvcGzVbXULcB3XlPRywIONaQesMf+gC+NPbcljcZw= Received: by 10.78.153.17 with SMTP id a17mr229905hue.1185983795759; Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:56:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.118.16 with HTTP; Wed, 1 Aug 2007 08:56:35 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 11:56:35 -0400 From: "Matt Arnold" To: llg-board@lojban.org Subject: [llg-board] Re: [llg-members] Re: Create Lojban geocaching coins? In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <46AFD145.7020902@lojban.org> X-Spam-Score: -0.0 X-Spam-Score-Int: 0 X-Spam-Bar: / X-archive-position: 307 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: llg-board-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: llg-board-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: matt.mattarn@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: llg-board@lojban.org X-list: llg-board On 7/31/07, Matt Arnold wrote: > Here's an idea for a use of funds, which I'm just going to float out > there. I'm bringing this up on the LLG lists because it involves > funds. > > A member of my local Lojban User Group (who goes by nklb on the Lojban > chat channel) introduced us to geocaching at our last meeting. For > those who don't know, geocaching is the practice of hiding small > storage containers -- whether in the city or wilderness -- and posting > their latitude and longitude to the web for other geocachers to find > with GPS-enabled devices. Sometimes this will involve a puzzle or > clues. Most caches contain trinkets to be traded, contributed or > collected. Specially-minted coins and dogtags are placed in some of > these caches. The tags and coins differ from the other items in that > they are tracked in their movements by reporting their unique ID > numbers on the web. > > nlkb is willing to pay $200 if the LLG would pay the other $635 (total > $835), to mint 250 custom metal coins (250 coins is the minimum order) > with the Lojban color logo and web address. A different unique > tracking number would be engraved on the back of each. These coins > would travel the world from cache to cache exposing people to Lojban. > Lojbanists around the world could create and hide local caches > containing the coins, with clues written in Lojban so that geocachers > would visit our chat channel or look through our materials to solve > the clues and find the caches. > > -Eppcott > On 7/31/07, Bob LeChevalier wrote: > > I approve. > > But since the coins are effectively "collectors items", we can make this > cost-free by minting an extra 50-100 of them, and selling them for > $5-$10 apiece plus shipping. There will be people that want them that > don't do this geocaching but who would like the collector's item. > > Of course, someone other than me needs to handle order fulfillment %^) > > Nora suggests that we put a large "bi" on one side and "zo'o'o .e lo > botpi be lo xalka" on the other, but she says that this isn't a serious > suggestion. > > lojbab > On 7/31/07, Matt Arnold wrote: > On 7/31/07, Bob LeChevalier wrote: > > I approve. > > > > But since the coins are effectively "collectors items", we can make this > > cost-free by minting an extra 50-100 of them, and selling them for > > $5-$10 apiece plus shipping. There will be people that want them that > > don't do this geocaching but who would like the collector's item. > > Perfect idea. I suggest we should just buy the 250, put nklb in charge > of deploying 62 of them in the field (that's one quarter of them in > return for his $200), and sell the remaining 188 of them for $5 each > plus shipping. > > > Of course, someone other than me needs to handle order fulfillment %^) > > I would enjoy doing so. > > > Nora suggests that we put a large "bi" on one side and "zo'o'o .e lo > > botpi be lo xalka" on the other, but she says that this isn't a serious > > suggestion. > > > > lojbab > > Rachel is playing Puzzle Pirates right now and spit iced coffee on the > desk in response to this. :) > > -Eppcott > Forwarding this to the Board list. Who else do we need a vote from? -Eppcott